Format:
Book
Title:
Elegant perfection : masterpieces of courtly and religious art from the Tokyo National Museum / Tokyo National Museum.
Publisher, Date:
[Houston, Tex.] : Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ; New Haven [Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, 2011.
Description:
127 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Summary:
"Twenty-six exquisite works of art from the esteemed collection of the Tokyo National Museum trace the religious and cultural history of Japan from ancient times through the nineteenth century" --Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan -- Exhibitions.
Art, Japanese -- Exhibitions.
Buddhist art -- Japan -- Exhibitions.
Art -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Exhibitions.
Other Author:
McCormick, Melissa, 1967-
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Notes:
Published to coincide with an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Tex., Feb. 17-April 8, 2012.
Contents:
The history and collection of the Tokyo National Museum / Matsumoto Nobuyuki -- Buddhist art and courtly elegance / Shimatani Hiroyuki -- The Japanese people and Waka poetry / Shimatani Hiroyuki -- Nirvana paintings in Japan / Seya Ai -- The sculpture of Dainichi Nyorai / Asami Ryūsuke -- Buddhist ritual implements / Itō Shinji -- Musical instruments and the lacquer arts tradition / Takeuchi Namiko -- Japanese ceramics of the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods / Imai Atsushi -- Jōmon period pottery and clay figurines / Shinagawa Yoshiya -- In situ : Buddhist art and ritual at the imperial court / Melissa McCormick.
LCCN:
2011009045
ISBN:
9780300175936 (hardcover)
0300175930 (hardcover)
Other Number:
705351988
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
790388
Call Number:
709.52 E38
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
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# System items in:
1